. There is a huge and serious confusion over whether a swimming pool is a private or public facility. The prevailing regulations (clear as mud) stipulate that a pool is considered as being public if it serves more than 10 units. In addition, and so there is no further confusion, a public pool must provide
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. Observing the Brexit shambles from afar, Cypriots can empathise with the British people who said ‘No’ to the EU and thought Britain could just walk away from the club to a bright new free-trade future without consequences. The argument seems to be that the British people voted to leave the European Union and there
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. By Alon Ben-Meir and Arbana Xharra Until five years ago, Fethullah Gülen and Turkey’s President Erdogan were allies who supported each other. Both use Islam as the basis for their doctrine, which made them ideologically different from the revolutionary secularist stateman Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the new Republic of Turkey in 1923.
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. The need for justice reforms has been something we’ve been hearing about for many years, with every administration trying to address it, but with little to show for it at the end of office. There is no doubt that our judicial system is transparent, oftentimes fair and occasionally swift. In fact, the Cyprus legal
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Cyprus and Russia will continue to enjoy a mutually beneficial economic partnership, President Nicos Anastasiades said. He assured Cyprus will remain a reliable partner of Russia and further advance its position as a significant international hub for Russian and Cypriot business and investment. Speaking at a gala dinner in Limassol hosted by the Cyprus-Russia Business
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Cyprus football fans can be proud of their teams’ achievements in the Europa League group stage as not only did they beat bigger teams but broke a number of records, five to be exact. AEK Larnaca and Apollon FC will also be happy over the money they have cashed in, with the two teams earning
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The Turkish Cypriot banking authority announced that the inflation rate in September was 37.23%, reaching a 16-year high as prices spiked. During the summer of 2017 in the north inflation fluctuated from 14.64% in July to 31.99% in September 2017. For September 2018, goods and services saw the biggest increase in prices including transport, furniture
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While stakeholders are trying to enhance Cyprus’ image as an attractive tourist destination in the eastern Mediterranean, the only cruise liner departing from a local port has been sold, raising questions on the future of cruise tourism. A recent announcement from Salamis Cruises, talked of a Memorandum of Agreement to sell off Salamis’ 43-year-old
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While Cypriots are at the bottom of the list when it comes to online shopping, local buyers are however ordering more goods from web-based platforms. A Eurostat survey to coincide with Cyber Monday, revealed that Cyprus is third from the bottom for online shopping. But other data shows an ever-growing trend in the arrival
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Cypriot petroleum company Petrolina (Holdings) Public Ltd is the focus of an evaluation to be performed by finance students from seven Cypriot universities participating in the CFA Research Challenge, organised for the fifth consecutive year by the Chartered Financial Analyst Society of Cyprus (CFA Society Cyprus). Students, divided in teams of three to five, are
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